The phrase "duress for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means being under pressure or coercion to do something. Example: The suspect claimed that he acted under duress for robbing the store, as he was threatened by a group of gang members.
The theater has been under financial duress for a year.
"You have to be under a lot of duress for that to happen".
That would alleviate pressure on Democratic lawmakers to vote under duress for legislation that would undermine the Affordable Care Act more dramatically.
"We had to fight for every yard we got," said Manning, who finished 32 of 58 for 316 yards and 2 touchdowns, and was under duress for much of the night.
Tonight at 10, TV Land is showing the documentary "Inside TV Land: 'Charlie's Angels,' " featuring interviews with everyone but the elusive Farrah -- who left after the first season, returning under contractual duress for a few cameo episodes.
At 60 years of age the singer has lived out a career that has taken him from teenage Elvis impersonator to national stardom as Ethiopia's answer to James Brown, from singing under duress for North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung in the Eighties to his trans-American tours of today, playing for the booming Ethiopian communities of Washington DC, Atlanta and beyond.
Even in a month of demoralizing defeats — now nine in 12 games — this one stood out, for the final margin, for the utter absence of poise under duress and for the general dysfunction of the Nets' offense, which looked as if it had been soaked in egg nog.
'She's cooked under all kinds of duress, like for three weeks going down the Amazon.
The New York Post quotes a source close to the production who claims that Houston only rehearsed on Thursday night, under duress and for fifteen minutes only.
Many of the documents showed that people turned in their neighbors or even family members, though it is not clear whether they did so under duress or for some favor or through loyalty to the party.
In cases of "heating", loggers bribe and bully landowners, big and small, to draw up the documentation, which they then buy, often under duress and for a negligible sum.
